MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin's men's soccer team overcame a deficit and rainy conditions to overwhelm Marquette, 4-2, on Monday at McClimon Soccer Complex.
Straight from the Pitch – Head Coach Neil Jones
"Great performance from the team tonight. [I'm] very proud of the group and their continued excitement to grow and improve. I'm fired up to start Big Ten conference play at Penn State on Friday."
How it happened
It was a tale of two halves for the Wisconsin men's soccer team, who took on Marquette tonight in a cross-state classic. The conditions were anything but ideal with the downpour starting soon after the whistle blew. The Badgers went down 1-0 in the 41st minute and it looked like they would be going into the half with an uphill battle. But forward
Mitchell Dryden had something else in mind, bagging a goal just two minutes after the team got scored on.
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The Badgers came flying out the gate in the second half, with
Maxwell Keenan scoring twice, in the 49th and the 59th minutes, and captain
Matt Chandler delivering the finishing blow with Wisconsin's final goal in the 63rd minute. Marquette was able to get on the scoreboard one more time in the 79th but it was too little too late for the team from Milwaukee.
Set pieces played an outsized role in Badger goals with one on a free kick, one on a corner and a third on a follow up after a corner.
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Notes
- Captain and graduate transfer
Matt Chandler scored his second goal for Wisconsin through five games after playing four years at St. John's without a goal.
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Carter Abbott made a world-class save at the beginning of the game to keep the score 0-0
- Freshman and Milwaukee native
Mitchell Dryden scored in his second straight game
- Monday marked the first time this season that Wisconsin allowed the game's first goal.
- Wisconsin boasts 13 goals through five games this season. The Badgers scored 17 goals in 17 games all of last season.
Next up
The Badgers open up their Big Ten campaign against Penn State away from home on Friday at 6 p.m.
